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Bravo, Ruta--I think hearing this from the COOP team leader will certainly reinforce the fact that we try to give outside libraries the best possible service in a timely manner, and using the SACO Web form is something which those libraries can control! Nancy >>> Ruta M Penkiunas <[log in to unmask]> 01/30 11:20 AM >>> PCC Participants: It has been great to see so many responses, suggestions, and ideas expressed in your emails. Do bear in mind that this is a "Utilities Wish List", with the emphasis on "WISH". It is not envisioned that PCC catalogers would have direct access to the LC authority file for input of subject headings. We do appreciate expressing your desires to have a mechanism in the utilities that would parallel the NACO stream, keeping in mind that the SACO and NACO programs are very different in outreach and training. We all need to have dreams and forward thinking. But let me reiterate that currently BIBCO libraries are offered a SACO Web Proposal form, that is underused, for the submission of subject heading proposals to LCSH. The form delivers the proposed record to the LC ILS database with a minimum of processing, eliminating the need for re-keying for LC staff. The online form has cut an average of two weeks off the approval time for SACO proposals. What could perhaps be added to the "Wish list" is that the SACO Web Proposal be opened to all SACO libraries that have undergone SACO training. As for eliminating subject duplicates, I strongly urge participants to review the posted Tentative and Approved Weekly Lists on a regular basis. This would permit Coop staff to expend their limited resources on : reviewing the headings, contacting libraries concerning problematic headings, and working with CPSO to find a "better" heading through research. Ruta Penkiunas Cooperative Cataloging Team Leader